currently inked pens

To check ink levels, I propped my currently filled pens in this old measuring glass. Then sketched it while waiting for gravity to work.

Going through some of our father’s things, my brother found a box of miscellaneous supplies from when he taught art or did photography. I’m not sure if this small glass held pencils or was used in the dark room. I cleaned it well and now use it in my kitchen — its bottom is surprisingly heavy.

I like to keep a pen filled for each of the colored inks I use: black, gray, brown, teal, dark green, and a “burnt sienna” (dark red) that I mixed.